Patient Transporter

Geisinger • Danville, PA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Transporter transports patients, belongings, deceased individuals, and equipment throughout hospitals and clinics using wheelchairs, gurneys, and other transport equipment. The role supports safe, comfortable, and compassionate patient movement and works with floor staff and other healthcare team members to facilitate patient care. No clinical license is required.

The transporter receives patient and equipment assignments via smartphone, verifies patient identity and identification band before transport, communicates the destination to patients, and follows patient transport and nursing handoff guidelines. The role also supports equipment management by cleaning and staging equipment, maintaining wheelchair availability, issuing and logging rental equipment, and routing soiled or broken equipment for cleaning or repair. Work is typically performed in a clinical environment.

This is a full-time, regular position scheduled for 40 hours per week on days, 11:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m., with a rotation of weekends and holidays. The listed minimum hiring rate is $15.25, with increased rates for experienced individuals and shift differentials of up to $2 for evening, night, and weekend shifts. Eligible candidates may receive a $2,500 sign-on bonus, paid in two installments, subject to stipulations. Geisinger also advertises up to $40,000 in financial support to become a nurse.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED) required.
• Communication skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Teamwork.
• Ability to perform the transport and equipment-handling duties described in the posting.

Nice To Haves

• At least one year of related work experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist floor staff with patient transfers to and from transport equipment.
• Transport patients, their belongings, and deceased individuals to and from assigned departments.
• Assist patients in and out of vehicles and transport equipment.
• Lift and maneuver patients using proper body mechanics and equipment as needed.
• Transport patient-care equipment, specialty carts, and beds to requesting departments.
• Identify equipment that needs cleaning or repair; transport soiled equipment to cleaning areas and broken equipment to biomedical services for repair.
• Clean soiled patient-care equipment and stage it for redistribution.
• Maintain wheelchair availability in assigned staging locations.
• Acknowledge and greet patients, maintain eye contact, communicate the transport destination, and interact professionally without excluding the patient through idle conversation.
• Collaborate with healthcare team members to facilitate patient care and services.
• Receive patient and equipment transport assignments via smartphone and use the technology system to manage transports.
• Identify patients properly before transport and verify that each patient has an identification band.
• Use the system’s Delay and Postpone functions to identify transportation process delays.
• Issue rental equipment and log equipment when distributing it.
• Follow Geisinger Patient Transport/Nursing Handoff Guidelines.
• Comply with job-specific obligations and organizational policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage beginning on day one.
• Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents.
• Healthcare and dependent-care flexible spending accounts and a health savings account.
• Company-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) plan with automatic Geisinger contributions.
• Paid time off plan with accrual.
• Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year.
• MyHealth Rewards wellness program with a financial incentive.
• Adoption and fertility assistance.
• Parental leave pay and military leave pay.
• Free Care.com membership with discounted backup care.
• Employee Assistance Program with childcare, eldercare, and pet-care referrals; legal guidance; mental-health visits; work-life support; and digital self-help tools.
• Voluntary accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, identity theft protection, universal life, pet, and legal insurance.
• $2,500 sign-on bonus for eligible candidates, paid in two installments subject to stipulations.
• Up to $40,000 in financial support to become a nurse.
• Shift differentials of up to $2 for evening, night, and weekend shifts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED